Corinne Bailey Rae Recalls Lily Allen's 'Campaign Against Me' During Early Years Of Their Careers

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Corinne Bailey Rae Recalls Lily Allen's 'Campaign Against Me' During Early Years Of Their Careers
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The Put Your Records On singer had her breakthrough moment in the mid-2000s, at the same time as fellow Brits, Corinne recalled: “In the British press, I was seen as boring and straight. I was making acoustic music, wearing these kinds of old-fashioned dresses.She went on to recall a “campaign” that Lily started, branding Corinne “middle of the road”.

“ had started talking about me like that, but I wasn’t going to engage in ,” Corinne added. “I thought, ‘I’m not going to bother with that. Stevie Wonder likes me, so it’s OK that Lily Allen doesn’t like me. That’s fine’.”“She’s a lovely girl but I don’t think her music stands out and I’d be a bit annoyed if she won.”“I knew when I walked through those doors that my life had changed forever,” she said around the time of Black Rainbows’ release.

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